Unable to open MRTG log file

[Andrew Davis]

Have you checked ownership of the mrtg log file to ensure your nagios 
user has at least read-only access? As your nagios user, try to cat the 
file and see if you get a permission denied message.

  A. Davis
  Email:     nccomp at gmail.com

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Dei Bertine wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've been getting these messages from my nagios page under mrtg: 
> "check_mrtgtraf: Unable to open MRTG log file" in which Im unable to 
> figure it out why?
>
> here's my config file:
> # Monitor Port 1 Bandwidth Usage
> define service{
>         use                     mrtg-service
>         host_name               ciscoasa-firewall
>         service_description     SDFWPORT1_BAND_USE
>         check_command           
> check_local_mrtgtraf!/var/www/mrtg/192.168.1.253_1.log!AVG!1000000,1000000!5000000,5000000!10
>         }
>
> When I launch the command manually, same error.
>
> Here's my command looks like:
> # 'check_local_mrtgtraf' command definition
> define command{
>         command_name    check_local_mrtgtraf
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_mrtgtraf -F $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$ -w 
> $ARG3$ -c $ARG4$ -e $ARG5$
>         }
>
> Please someone advise.
>
> Thank you!
> DB
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